SINCE 1828
blandishment
noun
blan·dish·ment
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Definition of blandishment
: something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement
—often used in plural … refuses to yield to their blandishments …— Irving Babbitt
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From their phones and screens, unemployed and underemployed young Saudis consume the West’s blandishments, as well as the sermons of jihadist preachers and the enticements of global terrorists. — Karen Elliott House, WSJ, "Rethinking Saudi Arabia," 30 Nov. 2018 Saudi rulers mostly have wrangled the factions with a blend of wisdom, manipulation, brutality and blandishments. — Karen Elliott House, WSJ, "The Model for a Saudi Reformer," 17 July 2018 Among its many blandishments is an infinity pool that serves as a ceiling for the den. — New York Times, "Summer’s Most Style-Savvy Movie Is a Cartoon," 3 July 2018 Among its many blandishments is an infinity pool that serves as a ceiling for the den. — New York Times, "Summer’s Most Style-Savvy Movie Is a Cartoon," 3 July 2018 Among its many blandishments is an infinity pool that serves as a ceiling for the den. — New York Times, "Summer’s Most Style-Savvy Movie Is a Cartoon," 3 July 2018 Among its many blandishments is an infinity pool that serves as a ceiling for the den. — New York Times, "Summer’s Most Style-Savvy Movie Is a Cartoon," 3 July 2018 Among its many blandishments is an infinity pool that serves as a ceiling for the den. — New York Times, "Summer’s Most Style-Savvy Movie Is a Cartoon," 3 July 2018 But the sweet glaze of memory, like the blandishment of false philosophy, still offers glints of something darker beneath the surface. — Jesse Green, New York Times, "Review: The Chaos Beneath the Chorale in ‘The Lucky Ones’," 31 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'blandishment.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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